What Are We Up To?

To learn “What’s new?” in higher education, we continually visit college campuses , meet one-on-one with educational professionals, attend conferences and symposiums, network with our colleagues, and and participate in professional development activities.

Emily and Kim attended an invitation-only event at George Mason University to learn more about the School of Engineering and their undergraduate degree offerings in Cyber-Security. After lunch in the Johnson Center they met with Deans, Faculty and Admissions staff...

Kim and Emily jointly presented “College Admissions: The Basics” to 60 high school students from around the world attending Blueprint Summer Pre-College Programs (www.bpsummerprograms.com) at Georgetown University.

Kim coordinated the Metropolitan Information eXchange’s (MIX) annual meeting. The group reviewed the success of their events in 2014-2015, discussed their future goals, and began to plan activities for independent educational consultants during the upcoming year.

Emily met with Rick Beyers, Managing Partner, Miles Howland Education Partners (www.mheducationpartners.com) to learn more about their plan to guide high school graduates in securing college credit for internships, work experience, online offerings, and other...

Emily facilitated one of the ten round table discussions at IECA’s (www.iecaonline.com) first-ever Northeast Regional Symposium on “The Future of College Admissions ”. Over 90 consultants spent the day with Deans and Directors of Admissions and Vice Presidents of...

Following our meeting with Applerouth in May, Jenna Berk dropped by for a tour of our offices. We had a more in-depth conversation about the upcoming changes to the SAT and ACT and discussed strategies for guiding students beginning with the Class of 2017.

We hosted Evan Gruver, the admissions counselor from Grove City College (www.gcc.edu). A 2014 graduate of Grove City, Evan was able to provide us with a realistic picture of the type of student who is a ‘best fit’ for Grove City.

We met with the new administrative team of Applerouth’s (www.applerouth.com) Washington, DC metro offices. A special thank you to Jenna Berk, Tutoring Services Manager, and Mallory Shear, Business Development Manager for their insights and the updates on Applerouth’s...

Kim met with Jen Dillon, Founder and Director of AdeptPrep (www.adeptpreptutors.com), a small tutoring company based in Tenleytown, offering one-on-one test preparation for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and LSAT and academic tutoring in Math, Chemistry, Physics, French, Spanish,...

While Kim was traveling to visit colleges in New York, Emily participated in an Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) (www.iecaonline.com) sponsored discussion on “The Future of the Liberal Arts” with Maria Furtado, the Executive Director of ‘Colleges...

Kim organized a meeting at the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) (www.iecaonline.com) national office in Fairfax, VA for local consultants to meet with admissions representatives from Birmingham Southern College (www.bsc.edu) and Creighton...

Thanks to Kim and two of her professional colleagues, Laura Hosid of Vinek Educational Placement Services (www.vinek.eps.com) and Kelley Fraser of Green Apple College Guidance and Education (www.greenapplecollege.com), Washington metro area consultants were invited to...

While Emily was in Boston, Kim attended a one-day Counselor Open House at Drexel University (www.drexel.edu) in Philadelphia, hosted a meeting with Samantha Finegold, an admissions representative from York University (www.yorku.ca) and participated in a College Board...

We hosted a meeting with Michael Oliver, the new Test Prep Manager at Educational Connections (ectutoring.com) one of the Washington area tutoring and test prep companies that many of our families use for individualized services. Michael appreciated the opportunity to...

We braved the snow and ice and drove to Loyola Maryland (www.loyola.edu) to have lunch and talk with 16 colleges and universities representatives from across the Country who, as members of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (www.ajsu.net) ,...

Kim hosted a mid-morning coffee for a small group of local consultants with Art History Aboard representatives Rosa Goodman and Holly Morrison, who shared detailed information about opportunities for interested students. www.arthistoryabroad.com

Emily and Kim attended a small group luncheon for DC Metro area consultants with Gail Sweezey, Director of Admissions at Gettysburg College, and Valerie Martin, vmartin@gettysburg.edu, Assistant Director of Admissions, and our Virginia admissions representative....

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